Books Events in Manchester

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An Evening with Patrick Ness at Waterstones Deansgate

 Thu, 09 Apr at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 20

An Evening with Beth O'Leary at Waterstones Deansgate

 Sat, 11 Apr at 06:00 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 21

An Evening with Veronica Roth at Waterstones Deansgate

 Tue, 14 Jul at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 24

Ancient Futures with Fonda Lee, Soraya Bouazzaoui & A. S. Tamaki

 Wed, 10 Jun at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 5

Meet Joe Abercrombie at Waterstones Deansgate

 Thu, 07 May at 12:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 11

Manchester Histories Salon - A Queer Scrapbook

 Thu, 26 Mar at 06:00 pm Manchester Central Library Free

Antony Beevor: Rasputin. An evening at St Ann's Church, Manchester

 Tue, 07 Apr at 07:00 pm Saint Ann's Church GBP 0 to 32

Tales from Acorn Wood Live

 Fri, 03 Apr at 01:30 pm HOME Manchester

Meet Derek Landy at Waterstones Manchester Deansgate

 Fri, 17 Apr at 02:30 pm Waterstones GBP 17

Northern Publishers' Fair 2026

 Sat, 25 Apr at 11:00 am Manchester Central Library

An evening with Kiran Millwood Hargrave at Waterstones Deansgate

 Thu, 26 Mar at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 19

An Evening with Adrian Tchaikovsky at Waterstones Deansgate

 Wed, 01 Apr at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 27

From the Tigris to the Thames with Linda Dangoor

 Thu, 16 Apr at 06:00 pm 190 Cheetham Hill Road, M88 Manchester, United Kingdom

Programme Launch and Book Launch: Dog Star by Michael Symmons Roberts

 Wed, 18 Mar at 06:00 pm Manchester Poetry Library at Manchester Metropolitan University Free

Behind the Scenes Tour

 Thu, 26 Mar at 06:00 pm Manchester Central Library GBP 13

The Angel Meadow Explorer (with Ed Glinert, Manchester's leading historian)

 Sun, 22 Mar at 11:30 am Victoria Station wallmap Free

An evening with Melissa Auf der Maur at Waterstones Deansgate

 Wed, 08 Apr at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 25

SEASONS OF GLASS & IRON: Amal El-Mohtar in conversation with Eliza Chan

 Thu, 09 Apr at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 17

An Evening with Paige Toon at Waterstones Deansgate

 Wed, 22 Apr at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 12

Manchester Comic & Sci-Fi Fair

 Sat, 21 Mar at 11:00 am Sachas Hotel, Tib Street, Piccadilly, Manchester M4 1SH

Manchester Must Dance - Mike Pickering & Kevin Cummins

 Thu, 07 May at 07:00 pm The John Rylands Research Institute and Library Free

Celebrating Caroline Aherne with David Scott - Waterstones Deansgate

 Mon, 25 May at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 20

Dan Hicks: Monuments Will Fall

 Wed, 06 May at 06:00 pm The Manchester Museum GBP 0 to 5

Charlotte Carpenter - Manchester

Thu, 23 Apr at 06:30 pm Eagle Inn

TBR BOOK FESTIVAL

 Sat, 12 Sep at 11:00 am Band on the Wall GBP 12

An Evening with Benjamin Wood at Waterstones Deansgate

 Thu, 02 Apr at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 12

Manchester Angel Meadow guided walking tour with author Dean Kirby

 Fri, 20 Mar at 02:00 pm Sadler's Yard GBP 22

An Evening with David Szalay at Waterstones ManchesterDeansgate

 Wed, 25 Mar at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 12

BIG BOOK QUIZ

 Thu, 23 Apr at 07:00 pm Manchester Central Library GBP 4 to 6

MUSIC Q&A: ‘IT’S TIME THE TALE WERE TOLD: A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF THE SMITHS’

 Thu, 25 Jun at 06:00 pm Manchester Central Library Free

Anxiety in the Modern World with Joshua Fletcher - Waterstones Deansgate

 Wed, 13 May at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 22

RABBITBOX - Wayne Holloway-Smith in conversation with Andrew McMillan

 Thu, 19 Mar at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 13

Board Games Café - Launch Event

 Wed, 25 Mar at 05:00 pm Manchester Central Library Free

Crime Central

 Wed, 22 Apr at 06:00 pm Manchester Central Library GBP 2 to 6

Art Cure: In conversation with Prof. Daisy Fancourt

 Tue, 28 Apr at 10:00 am HOME Manchester GBP 0 to 8

One City, Many Stories

 Thu, 07 May at 06:00 pm Manchester Central Library Free

FINDING ALBION: Zakia Sewell in conversation

 Wed, 18 Mar at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 25

An Evening of New Writing: Kate Lord Brown and Tina Cole

 Fri, 20 Mar at 06:00 pm Manchester Poetry Library at Manchester Metropolitan University Free

Haunted Book Club Live: The Old Nurse's Tale

 Thu, 14 May at 06:30 pm The Portico Library GBP 12 to 17

Alexander Hacke (Einstürzende Neubauten) - BLAST - Distorted Memories Book Reading & Music

 Thu, 09 Apr at 07:30 pm The Lloyds

Remembering the past, fighting for the future

 Thu, 07 May at 05:30 pm People's History Museum Free

The Poetry of Suicide: J.T. Welsch in conversation with Nikolai Duffy

 Thu, 21 May at 06:30 pm Manchester Poetry Library at Manchester Metropolitan University Free

Online Talk: Charlotte Brontë and Elizabeth Gaskell- A Friendship

 Wed, 29 Apr at 07:00 pm Elizabeth Gaskell's House, 84 Plymouth Grove, Manchester

LEAN CAT, SAVAGE CAT: Lauren J. Joseph in conversation

 Mon, 18 May at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 17

Creative Collage Workshop

 Sun, 22 Mar at 12:00 pm House of Social Manchester GBP 17

Neil Rollinson & Jon Doyle in conversation with Luke Brown

 Tue, 24 Mar at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 18

Public Opening: Everything and Nothing - what makes a 220 year old library?

 Thu, 19 Mar at 06:00 pm The Portico Library Free

Livi Michael on her new book Elizabeth and Ruth

 Thu, 26 Mar at 06:00 pm The Portico Library GBP 0 to 9

Sober Silent Reading Club

 Sun, 05 Apr at 10:30 am Hinterland Alcohol-Free Bar and Cafe Free

Creative Book Club - We need your art (Saturday book social)

 Sat, 28 Mar at 01:00 pm Ditto Coffee GBP 6

Online Reading Course – The Gothic – Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu

 Wed, 13 May at 07:00 pm Elizabeth Gaskell's House, 84 Plymouth Grove, Manchester

What’s in a Name?

 Thu, 19 Mar at 07:00 pm Main Hall, Friends' Meeting House GBP 7 to 17

Queer feminists for peace: Queering Women, Peace & Security book launch

 Fri, 20 Mar at 06:30 pm The Portico Library Free

Jot: Pop Up Bookshop

 Sun, 22 Mar at 11:00 am Station South Free

Online Talk: ‘I wish I were a girl again, half-savage and hardy, and free’ – Emily and Anne Brontë

 Wed, 06 May at 07:00 pm Elizabeth Gaskell's House, 84 Plymouth Grove, Manchester

Book of Churches

 Sat, 25 Apr at 07:30 pm Castle Hotel

INTERSEX: Iain Morland in conversation

 Mon, 27 Apr at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 22

Novelists

 Tue, 07 Apr at 07:00 pm Manchester Academy 3

SOLACE HOUSE: Will Maclean in conversation

 Tue, 12 May at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 20

Online Talk: North and South across the Atlantic – Elizabeth Gaskell’s Influence in America

 Wed, 15 Apr at 07:00 pm Elizabeth Gaskell's House, 84 Plymouth Grove, Manchester

FINDERS, KEEPERS: Nicholas Royle in conversation

 Tue, 28 Apr at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 11

Hot Banana Book Event with Abi Roberts & Jonny Woodrow

 Sat, 23 May at 06:00 pm Britons Protection GBP 12

Bookbanks Fundraiser

 Wed, 25 Mar at 06:30 pm SEESAW GBP 0 to 8

Headpress 35th Anniversary Extravaganza

 Sat, 23 May at 10:00 am International Anthony Burgess Foundation GBP 9 to 27

THE ZINE CLUB

 Fri, 20 Feb at 12:00 pm Altogether Otherwise Free

Illuminating Knowledge: Exploring Arabic Scientific Manuscripts

 Sat, 04 Jul at 02:00 pm John Rylands Library Free

When Politics Meets Markets in China

 Tue, 26 May at 12:30 pm Manchester China Institute Free

READING AND WRITING CLUB

 Wed, 12 Feb at 06:00 pm Altogether Otherwise Free

AFRILIT BOOK CLUB - Your local African literature book club

 Wed, 19 Feb at 06:30 pm Altogether Otherwise Free

THE MYTHIC NEXUS

 Wed, 05 Feb at 06:00 pm Altogether Otherwise Free

Grief Talk Manchester: An Epic Grief Journey with Author & Personal Coach, Alan Creedon

 Sun, 03 May at 01:00 pm The Monastery Manchester